P V Sindhu had to settle with a silver medal as she went down fighting against Spain's Carolina Marin in the women's singles badminton competition. Sindhu was simply unstoppable in the tournament so far, crumbled under the tremendous
pressure created by the two-time World Champion from Spain to lose 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 in a high-intensity final that lasted for an hour and 23 minutes. (Source: PTI)

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PV Sindhu became the fourth Indian to win a silver at the Olympics after shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004, Athens) and Vijay Kumar (2012, London) and wrestler Sushil Kumar (2012, London). (Source: PTI)

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PV Sindhu became the fifth woman player from India to win a medal in Olympics history and the first to clinch a silver. She is also the youngest India to win a medal at the Olympics. Weightlifter Karnam Malleshwari (2000, Sydney), boxer MC Mary Kom (2012, London), shuttler Saina Nehwal (2012, London)
and wrestler Sakshi Malik (Rio, 2016) are the other women players from India to clinch a medal in the quadrennial sports
spectacle. (Source: PTI)

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PV Sindhu produced a spirited fight back to clinch the first game, but failed to capitalize the momentum and went on to lose the next two games with a big margin against world no. 1 Carolina Marin in the women’s singles event. (Source: PTI)

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In their last five meetings in the last two years, Marin has beaten PV Sindhu four times while Sindhu had an upper hand during the Denmark Super Series last year, but on Friday she could not repeat the feat. (Source: PTI)

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PV Sindhu now automatically qualifies for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award. She will join the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, Viswanathan Anand and other respected sportpersons to receive the award. (Source: PTI)

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After PV Sindhu's feat in Rio 2016 Olympics, Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta announced a reward of Rs. 50 lakhs for P V Sindhu after she settled for a historic silver medal at the Rio Olympics. BAI also announced a reward of Rs. 10 lakhs for Dronacharya awardee coach Pullella Gopichand who trained Sindhu to achieve this feat. (Source: PTI)

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Pusarla Sindhu's mother, P. Vijaya and father, P.V. Ramana were happy after their daughters achievement. Her father also shared his opinion by saying that " This is what PV Sindhu has to learn how to shout scream against opponent to get them down." (Source: PTI)